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October 2013

October 15, 2013
The head of SSPX, Bishop Bernard Fellay, spoke about Pope Francis and shared his personal...
October 14, 2013
The Washington Post is picking up on a phenomenon some of us have been aware...
October 14, 2013
A retired priest wrote to alert me to this happy news: a dozen new deacons...
October 14, 2013
CNN has details:  A Catholic priest has gone to court, saying the partial government shutdown...
October 14, 2013
Details:  A pilot killed this week when his helicopter crashed into the Gulf of Mexico...
October 14, 2013
Last week, I posted Fr. Michael Duffy's response to "Lead Us Not Into Clericalism," by...
October 14, 2013
Details from the Irish Independent: Two former seminarians were among the seven married men ordained to...
October 14, 2013
From The Michigan Catholic:  Despite the gray autumn skies and sprinkling of rain the morning of...
October 13, 2013
"Mary said her 'yes' to God: a 'yes' which threw her simple life in Nazareth...
October 13, 2013
A reader writes: I wanted to share with you the Diaconate Ordination, with  Bishop George...
October 13, 2013
From Vatican Insider:  Shock declarations, such as the ones contained in the document issued by...
October 13, 2013
It happened in Cleveland:  The Rev. James McGonegal, pastor of a West Side Cleveland Catholic...
October 12, 2013
Many will remember this story from several days back, about the death of a newly...
October 12, 2013
[Click here for the readings] Centuries from now, when people are studying our civilization, one...
October 12, 2013
That describes what is happening increasingly in our culture, particularly in our use and consumption...
October 12, 2013
From Timothy Egan in the New York Times:  He is — gasp — a liberal....
October 11, 2013
Who knew? Dave Gibson writes:  The black onyx beads, and a sterling silver crucifix with...
October 11, 2013
Today, my blogging neighbor Fr. Michael Duffy read over Fr. Dan Horan's reflection on clericalism...
October 11, 2013
This billboard is turning a few heads in Texas:  A billboard showing a tattooed Jesus...
October 11, 2013
"Every day, I hear from Catholics who, like me, are reconsidering their lives, their actions,...
October 11, 2013
From the Columbus Dispatch:  When he delivered newspapers at the former St. Anthony Hospital on...
October 10, 2013
Hot on the heels of this item, on non-Catholics and Communion, a reader alerted me...
October 10, 2013
Oops:  An official medal to commemorate the first year of  Pope Francis's reign has gone...
October 10, 2013
Details: The percentage of multicultural Catholic parishes in the U.S. is on the increase, according...
October 10, 2013
A deacon from the midwest dropped me an e-mail this morning about a practice he's...
October 10, 2013
America has the details:  Pope Francis turned to pen and paper to respond to a...
October 10, 2013
Sister Mary Ann Walsh from the USCCB blogs:  As the government shutdown continues, it may...
October 09, 2013
An update from Catholic News Service:  Some civilian Catholic chaplains, unable to perform religious duties...
October 09, 2013
From the Telegraph:  The Most Rev Justin Welby advised churchgoers that it could be an...
October 09, 2013
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